Union, New Jersey

Union is a township in Union County, New Jersey. The area was settled in 1667, the third English settlement in the state after Elizabeth and Newark, with the area then being called "Connecticut Farms" (the site of a 1780 American Revolutionary War battle). Union was incorporated in 1808, and it became a part of the new Union County in 1857. In 2016, Union had a population of 58,512 people, with 38.84% being white, 28.98% African-American, 14.94% Hispanic, 10.6% Asian, 4.06% other, 2.4% multiracial, .14% Native American, and .04% Pacific islander.